apapa
7 Aug
The Apapa Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, on Wednesday, announced that it generated a total revenue of N1,227,431,323,016.24 between January and July 2024. The command also collected N201,853,406,964.61 for the month of July this year, being its highest monthly collection in the history of the Nigeria Customs Service. Customs Area Controller of the…
31 Mar
For many living and working within the Apapa corridors, connecting Apapa and its environs has become a lot easier in the past one week. This is because the indiscriminate parking of articulated vehicles on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway which usually sometimes lead to permanent obstruction of traffic has been halted.
11 Mar
Lagos State government will, today, commence enforcement in Apapa to re-establish the three-metre right-of-way for all its drainage channels.
3 Feb
Two men, Hassan Saidu and Abdullami Aliu, have bagged jail terms for vandalising a transformer belonging to Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) around Ayinde Street in the Olodi Apapa area of Lagos.Â
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